Immigrant influx and generational politics: A comparative case study of Hong Kong and Taiwan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong;2. Academia Sinica, Taiwan;3. University of Texas at Dallas, USA;1. Division of Social Science & Division of Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong;2. Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore;3. Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, USA;4. Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, USA;5. Departments of Environmental Sciences & Engineering and City & Regional Planning, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA;6. Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK;1. The State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Physics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China;2. Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong;3. Energy Group, Faculty of Science, University Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Brunei Darussalam |
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| Abstract: | Studies have long shown the existence of an age gap in voting behavior. We argue that the influx of immigrants can influence the size of this gap. Young people can become more apprehensive toward immigrants than older people because of the former's greater exposure to more competition from immigrants in the labor market and susceptibility to anti-immigrant sentiments in society. The age gap in attitudes toward immigrants can carry over to vote choice. We illustrate our argument with a comparative study of Hong Kong and Taiwan. While the two societies share many similarities, Hong Kong has experienced a significantly larger influx of immigrants from mainland China. Based on two election surveys in 2016, we find a distinct generational gap in attitudes toward immigrants in Hong Kong, but not in Taiwan. The age gap in Hong Kong also manifests itself in electoral support of China-resisting political parties. |
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| Keywords: | Immigration Generational politics Attitudes toward immigrants Vote choice Party identification China |
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